Re: UK vs US English--difference in comma usage?

[Dick Margulis <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net>]

ian -dot- saunders -at- vf -dot- vodafone -dot- co -dot- uk wrote:
> 
> Dick,
> 
> What's a "serial comma"?
> 

Ian,

It's the comma that precedes _and_ or _or_ in a series:

"Mary, Bill, and Sue" vs. "Mary, Bill and Sue"

Dick

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